Liquid-dispensing receptacle



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Patented May 13, N24.

UNITED STATES 1,494,043 PATENroFFlcE. y,

CLARENCE VOGT, 0F WENONAH, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO VO'GT BROS. & SQUIER COMPANY, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION 0F DELAWARE.

LIQUID-DISPENSING RECEPTACLE.

Application filed April 4.

To alt r11/0m it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CLARENCE Voer, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wenonah, in the county of Gloucester and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid- Dispensing Receptacles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to dispensing receptacles, and more particularly to a device designed primarily to facilitate the filling of electric storage batteries with `distilled water.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of this character in the form of a closure for application toa receptacle such as a glass jar or the like, and embodying a filling spout which is readily capable of insertion in the vent opening of a storage cell so as to direct the contents of the receptacle intothe cell without spilling or waste; and also including a novel form of spout closure and venting means whereby evaporation of the filling liquid is prevented and other attendant objects Aaccomplished in a manner to bereadily apparent as the nature of the invention is more clearly understood. n

I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of my invention from among other possible forms and arrangements within the spirit of the invention and scope of the appended claims, in which drawings: ,n 4

. Fig. I is .a view in elevation of a battery filling device constructed in accordance with my invention. y.

Fig. II is a view thereof invertical section, partly in elevation, of the battery filling device shown on an enlarged scale.

Fig. III is a view of the device in bottom plan.

Fig. IV is a view in top plan of the cap; and

Fig. V is a detail view of the connection between the valve plate and its actuating rod.

With reference to the drawings, 10 indicates the main portion of my device which is in the form of a cap comprising a top wall 11 and ,an annular side wall 12, preferably supplied with pressed threads so as to be capable of application to the mouth of ,an easily procurable glass receptacle such 1922. Serial N0. 549,643.

as a Mason jar, designatedl. Applied to the top surface of the wall 11 is a plate 14 of. oblong configuration formed at each end with laterally extending nipples 15 and 16 which enter `openings in the cap, the plate being secured thereto by soldering. The

nipple 15 is slightly the larger of the two and tapped to receive the correspondingly threaded end of a relatively long and slender spout 17, preferably of uniform diameter throughout its lengthv and curved at its discharging end so that saidA end may be conveniently inserted into the filling opening of a storage cell after the vent cap thereof is removed, without the necessity of inverting the receptacle to an undue extent. The spout, it will` benoted, extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the receptacle and the tip end just touches the projected plane of the adjacent side of the receptacle. A tubular guide 18 is fixed to the center portion of the plate and extends perpendicularly to the top face of the cap for the purpose of receiving a rod 19 to the inner end of whichy a bar 2O is affixed by reducing the end of the rod and inserting the reduced.l end in an opening in the bar 20, the reduced end being subsequently upset to prevent dislodgment of the bar but to permit the bar to rotate loosely upon the rod and to rock and twist laterally thereon. A washer 21 is held uponone end of the bar by means of a rivet and is designed to lap the inner end of the nipple 15 forming a closure for the spout. A conical pin y22 fixed to the other end of the bar enters the bored nipple 16, and a washer 23 applied to` said pin seats against the inner end ofthe said nipple to effectv a tight closure. A knob 2 4fis threadedly engaged upon the opposite end ofthe rod 19 and a coiled spring 25 embraced abouty the guide member is interposed between the knob and plate to normally retain the closures carried by the bar 20 in closed positions upon their respective orifices.

In use, the receptacle is filled with distilled water by removing the cap as an entirety, and the latter is subsequently reapplied. To fill a storage cell the vent cap thereof is removed and the end of the spout 17 introduced into the filling opening by inverting the receptacle, the forenger of the hand holding the receptacle being rested upon the knob 25 which is then depressed.

The Wateruis discharged by gravity from the receptacle through the spout in an even flow, since air is permitted to enter the vent opening in the nipple 16 to replace in the receptacle the volume of liquid thus (lisI- placed therefrom. The act of depressing the knob 24, it will be observed results in the' dislodgment of the washer from the spout nipple and also slightly withdraws the conical pin 22 from the vent opening. Then the proper amount of water has been discharged the knob is released and further discharge is promptly arrested. The rate of flow may be easily controlled and varied by altering the amount of depression ot the knob, since the conical form of the vent pin 22 effects a variation in the lsize of the veut orifice when shifted axially ot the nipple 16; and hence, when lilling a storage cell the knob may be released gradually as the level of the liquid approaches the designated limit thus permitting a positive control ot the discharge. llVhen the proper level is reached the knob is completely released and the washer 21 b y closing the spout instantly arrests further discharge and prevents dripping. lVere it not for this spout closure the head of the water in the spout and receptacle might cause a continuation of the tlow ,tor a short time. even after the vent opening had been closed. Thus` the combination of these two closures, that is the spout and vent clacsures, ensures an effective and necessary control of the discharge. By reason of the loose connection between the valve sunnorting ba r andthe rod, as shown in Fig. V. a differential effect is setup between the two valve closures7 the tension of the spring being divided equally between them. lt will also be' noted that under the tension of the .spring a slight biting engagement is effected between the upset end of the rod 19 and the edges of the opening of the bar 20 in which the rod is inserted. This biting engagerw"f is suiiicient to hold the rod against rotation when the knob 24 is turned for the purpose o'l applying the same to the rod or .to alter the tension of the spring. The construction illustrated also ensures discharge through the spout each time the receptacle is inverted, instead` of through the l vent opening. even though the receptacle be held so as to place the vent opening at the lower side thereof. lThis is due to the Jfact that siiue the knob is released while the receptacle is in inverted position a supply ot the liquid will be retained in the spout against gravity by virtue ot the surface tension of the liquid, and when the receptacle is righted and again inverted a column of liquid is provided having a head extending from the outer end of the spout to thel level f' liquid in the receptacle, which head will be greater than that extending troni the vent opening to the said liquid level. Consequently, discharge is always effected through the spout and not through the vent. This action is also assured by properly proportioning the length and curvature of the spout to the remaining parts of the structure.

Having thus described my invention. I claim:

l. The combination with a dispensing receptacle ot a removable cover having diametrically opposed spout and vent openings fitted with tubular nipples, means carrying said nipples and reinforcing the cover. a tubular guide protruding beyond the outer face of the cover, an actuating rod slidably held in the tubular guide, a bar rotatably and rockably supported at the inner end of the actuating rod1 said bar having spout and vent opening valve closures, the closure for the vent opening-being conical to ensure automatic centering of said closures, and a spring acting on the aforesaid rod to urge the closures to their seats and distribute the pressure equally between the tubular nipples. v

2. The combination with a removable closure for dispensing receptacles havi'ng spout and vent openings, of a spring influenced actuating rod. a bar rotatably and rockably supported thereby. and valve closures on said bar.. one of which is conical for automatic centering of said closures on the spout and vent openings. l

In testimony whereof. I have hereunto signed my name at Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. this first day of April, 1922.

v CLARENCE VOGT.

llVitnesses: y

JAMES H. BELL. E. Ti. FULLERTON. 

